Question 6
Which of the following is NOT an example of the purpose of a function point count?
- To enable comparison of functionality delivered by two applications
- To determine maintenance support cost per function point
- To understand the percentage of lines of code that is being reused across three different applications
- To determine the effort and duration of a development project
Question 7
Which of the following statements regarding the counting scope is true?
- It defines the set of Functional User Requirements to be included in the FP count
- It always includes more than one application
- It determines the purpose of the applications being counted
- It defines a (sub) set of the modules being sized
Question 8
Which of the following is NOT true of a boundary?
- It encloses the logical data maintained by the application
- It is the physical interface between the software under study and its users
- It is dependent on the user's external business view of the application and is independent of technical and/or implementation considerations
- It defines what is external to the application
Question 9
An example of the purpose of an FP count is to provide:
- input to the estimation process needed to determine the level of effort to develop the first release of an application
- a comparison of functionality delivered by two different suppliers' packages
- determine the size of an application as part of the organization's effort to determine the size of its software portfolio
- All of the above
Question 10
Which of the following defines the purpose of a count?
- Provides an answer to a business question, and it is the business question that determines the purpose
- Influences the positioning of the application between the software under review and the surrounding software
- Influences the type of FP count to answer the business problem under investigation
- Provides an input to the estimation process needed to determine the level of effort required to develop the first release of an application